With just few minutes going into the second half, Senior guard Walter Hodge was ejected after intentionally stepping on Perry Stevenson’s arm as he was lying on the floor. Was this really intentional on Hodge’s part?
I honestly do not think he did it on purpose. I have never even seen Hodge make a stupid mistake out of the years at Florida.
Walter did not even see Stevenson’s arm laying out on the ground. But that is just what I think. There are several people saying that he looked down before stepping on his arm and apologized so he could try and stay in the game but then there are fans talking about how Hodge meant his apology, he did not laugh or make any facial expressions after the incident.
It was a major factor to. Hodge contributes almost 8 points a contest, and could have made a big impact in the Gator offense and defense in the second half, but instead it turned out to be a three point loss. Was this just a bad call on the refs part? More Kentucky fans are agreeing on Florida’s side. It might of been one of the lowest calls I have seen. It should have turned out to be a technical foul before an ejection in my thoughts. When a player gets elbowed in the face, does he get thrown out? No. But when something this subtle happens I think it does not deserve an ejection.
Don’t ever try to do anything slick in Rupp Arena. They will call every little thing like that. So how do you think coach Billy Donovan will react to this matter? Should Hodge be benched or punished? Do you think he should play in the next road game vs Georgia? Let us hear your comments on the article. Florida will face Georgia on Saturday, tip off will be held at 3:30pm on CBS.
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I believe the rule is that a foul during a dead ball is an automatic ejection, so the ref’s had no choice but to eject him once the foul was called.
Luke is right on the rule. It was not like a stomp but you can see Hodge look at Stephenson’s arm before stepping on him. And he also tucked his elbow up like he was bracing himself just before stepping down like he knew what was coming. This happened in the Kansas game when Chase Buddinger got stepped on the face and the player was not ejected but later suspended by CUSA so brace for the suspension.
I’m a Kentucky fan, and I’m not sure whether he did it on purpose or not. I’ts very difficult to tell. If the officials interpretation is that he did it on purpose, then they made the right call. If he just saw Porter’s reaction, then it was a bad call. There ought to be some sort of rule dealing with situations like these. If the officials cannot determine whether it was intentional, then a player should not be tossed out of a game. Players trip over one another all the time. Anyway, that’s just my opinion.